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NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

The NVIDIA Quadro K3100M is a DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.3 compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a Kepler-based GPU built on the GK104 chip with 768 out of 1536 shader cores activated and is manufactured in 28nm at TSMC. The Quadro K3100M is built for the Intel Shark Bay generation (Haswell) and is a successor to the Quadro K3000M (Chief River platform). As a new feature, PCIe 3.0 is supported for the first time. The K3100M usually comes with 4 GB GDDR5 VRAM clocked at 800 MHz (3200 MHz effective, 102.4 GB/s). 

The Quadro series offers certified drivers that are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD or DCC. OpenGL performance, for example, should be significantly better than with GeForce graphics cards of similar specifications.

Architecture

The Kepler architecture is the successor to the Fermi architecture that first appeared in laptops with the GeForce 400M series. The GK104 Kepler core offers eight shader blocks, called SMX, that are clocked at the same speed as the central core. In the K3100M, 4 of 8 blocks are active leading to the 768 CUDA cores. Although more shader cores are available in the Kepler architecture as compared to the Fermi design, the Kepler shaders are still expected to be up to twice as power efficient. However, due to the missing hot clock of the shader domain, two shaders of a Kepler chip offer similar performance to just one shader of a Fermi chip (as the latter is clocked twice as fast).

Performance

The performance is clearly above the old Quadro K3000M and just slightly below the Quadro K4000M. This places the K3100M somewhat below the consumer GTX 765M GPU. Nevertheless, most demanding games of 2013 will run fluently with high to very high details.

Features

The improved feature set now includes support for up to 4 active displays. Furthermore, high resolution monitors of up to 3840 x 2160 pixels can now be connected using DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a if available. HD-Audio codecs, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, can be transmitted via bitstream mode through the HDMI port. However, as most laptops will feature Optimus, the integrated GPU will likely have direct control over the display ports and may limit the feature set available by the Nvidia Kepler cards.

Using CUDA or OpenCL 1.2, the cores of the Quadro K3100M can be used for general calculations.

The 5th generation PureVideo HD video processor (VP5) is also integrated in the GK104 core and offers hardware decoding of HD videos. Common codecs such as MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264 and VC1/WMV9 are fully supported up to 4K resolutions while VC1 and MPEG-4 are supported up to 1080p. Two streams can be decoded in parallel for features such as Picture-in-Picture. Another novelty is the inclusion of a dedicated video encoding engine similar to Intel QuickSync that can be accessed by the NVENC API.

The power consumption of the Quadro K3100M is rated at a TGP of 75 W including the board and memory components. Therefore, the card is suited for large notebooks with 17-inch displays or greater.

Quadro K Series

Quadro K5100M compare 1536 @ 0.77 GHz256 Bit @ 3600 MHz
Quadro K5000M compare 1344 @ 0.71 GHz256 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K4100M compare 1152 @ 0.71 GHz256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K4000M compare 960 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K3100M 768 @ 0.71 GHz256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K3000M compare 576 @ 0.65 GHz256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K2100M compare 576 @ 0.67 GHz128 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K1100M compare 384 @ 0.71 GHz128 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K620M compare 384 @ 1.03 - 1.12 GHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Quadro K2000M compare 384 @ 0.75 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K1000M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K610M compare 192 @ 0.95 GHz64 Bit @ 2600 MHz
Quadro K510M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 2400 MHz
Quadro K500M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameN15E-Q1-A2
ArchitectureKepler
Pipelines768 - unified
Core Speed706 MHz
Memory Speed3200 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3
Power Consumption75 Watt
Transistor Count3.5 Billion
technology28 nm
FeaturesOptimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, OpenCL 1.2, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement23.07.2013
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
1.3 pt (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 12079     avg: 13710     median: 13554 (14%)     max: 15497 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 17865     avg: 18855     median: 18389 (5%)     max: 20310 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 2259     avg: 2552     median: 2666 (5%)     max: 2731 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 2381     avg: 2678     median: 2797 (3%)     max: 2855 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 95674     avg: 127453     median: 115455 (14%)     max: 171229 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 3662     avg: 3879     median: 3901 (5%)     max: 4074 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 3441     avg: 3588     median: 3581 (3%)     max: 3741 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 21257     avg: 22438     median: 22437.5 (30%)     max: 23618 Points
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
min: 34.8     avg: 35.9     median: 35.9 (12%)     max: 37 fps
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
min: 33.3     avg: 34.6     median: 34.6 (15%)     max: 35.8 fps
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 38.53     avg: 38.8     median: 38.8 (23%)     max: 39 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 41.83     avg: 41.9     median: 41.9 (24%)     max: 42 fps
specvp11 sw-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 48.25     avg: 50.1     median: 50.1 (38%)     max: 52 fps
specvp11 proe-05 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 18.27     avg: 19.6     median: 19.6 (23%)     max: 21 fps
specvp11 maya-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 54.9     avg: 55     median: 55 (41%)     max: 55 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 51     avg: 53.5     median: 53.5 (57%)     max: 56 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 34.18     avg: 36.6     median: 36.6 (17%)     max: 39 fps
specvp11 catia-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
min: 47     avg: 48.7     median: 48.7 (26%)     max: 50.3 fps
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 30.74     avg: 31.4     median: 31.4 (5%)     max: 32 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 18.63     avg: 18.8     median: 18.8 (4%)     max: 19 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 10     avg: 11.2     median: 11.2 (3%)     max: 12.4 fps
specvp12 maya-04 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 26.97     avg: 27.5     median: 27.5 (7%)     max: 28 fps
specvp12 energy-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 2.1     avg: 2.2     median: 2.2 (2%)     max: 2.34 fps
specvp12 creo-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 29     avg: 29.1     median: 29.1 (12%)     max: 29.15 fps
specvp12 catia-04 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 31.71     avg: 32.4     median: 32.4 (5%)     max: 33 fps
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 6646     avg: 6768     median: 6828 (5%)     max: 6831 points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 84.2     avg: 94.6     median: 99 (6%)     max: 100.5 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 210     avg: 212.5     median: 212.5 (1%)     max: 215 Samples/s
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1280x720
37  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
30  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
17  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
40.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
23.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
13.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7.2  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
5.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
271 276.8 ~ 274 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
82 84.7 ~ 83 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
45 46.2 ~ 46 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
23 23.4 ~ 23 fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
16.5 17 ~ 17 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
115.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
83.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
33.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Evolve

Evolve

2015
low 1024x768
54.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
42.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
23.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
20.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
97.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
62.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Far Cry 4

Far Cry 4

2014
low 1024x768
72.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
53.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
22.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
18.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
38.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
27.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
18.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
81.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
50.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
27.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
F1 2014

F1 2014

2014
low 1024x768
120  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
119  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
108  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
60  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
53.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
38.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
19.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
134.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
91.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
48.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
32.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
77.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1344x756
49.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
27.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Fifa 15

Fifa 15

2014
low 1280x720
182.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
122  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
95.5  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
44.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Sims 4

Sims 4

2014
low 1024x768
171.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
104.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
64.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
54.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
326.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
145.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
69.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
35.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
83.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
52.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
16.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
60.8 62 ~ 61 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
39.2 40 ~ 40 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
32 34.9 ~ 33 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19 19.5 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
108.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
75.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
55.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
11.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
ultra 1920x1080
26  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
GRID 2

GRID 2

2013
low 1024x768
159  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
28  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
78 90.9 ~ 84 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
75.3  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
40.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17 20.9 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
149 167.1 ~ 158 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
96.9  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
84.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
22 31.7 ~ 27 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
195 199.3 ~ 197 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
114.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
85  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17 34.5 ~ 26 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Crysis 3

Crysis 3

2013
low 1024x768
109.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
64.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
41.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
med. 1366x768
72  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
61  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Torchlight 2

Torchlight 2

2012
low 1024x768
160  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
98  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
136  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
89  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
34  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
227  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
96  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Alan Wake

Alan Wake

2012
low 1024x768
89  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
26  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
193  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
28  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Total War: Shogun 2

Total War: Shogun 2

2011
low 1024x768
189  fps    + Compare
med. 1280x720
85  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
28  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
246  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
56  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
low 800x600
372  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
203  fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
95  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
47  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Batman: Arkham Knight373017125
The Witcher 340.323.513.87.25.1
Dirt Rally27483462317
Battlefield Hardline115.983.433.621.9
Evolve54.942.123.220.5
Dragon Age: Inquisition97.762.821.914.5
Far Cry 472.653.322.918.3
Assassin's Creed Unity38.927.518.310.1
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare81.450.327.615.7
F1 201412011910860
Ryse: Son of Rome53.138.819.117.6
Alien: Isolation134.991.148.332.6
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor77.849.427.521.8
Fifa 15182.412295.544.4
Sims 4171.9104.564.954.7
GRID: Autosport326.4145.269.735.1
Watch Dogs83.252.921.316.1
Thief61403319
Battlefield 4108.475.455.42411.7
Saints Row IV26
GRID 215928
Metro: Last Light8475.340.619
BioShock Infinite15896.984.827
Tomb Raider197114.58526
Crysis 3109.564.141.215.9
Assassin´s Creed III7225
Hitman: Absolution6119
World of Tanks v811338
F1 201216183
Torchlight 216098
Sleeping Dogs13619
Dirt Showdown8934
Diablo III22796
Alan Wake8926
Anno 207019328
Batman: Arkham City19450
Deus Ex Human Revolution26449
Total War: Shogun 21898528
StarCraft 224656
World of Warcraft3722039547
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Radeon PRO W6600M *

Class 3

UHD Graphics 32EUs
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